Rhode Island College celebrates its partnership with the Central Falls schools

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May 2, 2014 at 11:49 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island College will host a celebration of the first anniversary of its partnership with the Central Falls School District – The Innovation Lab – on Saturday, May 3, from 9 to 11 a.m., in Alger Hall Room 110, 600 Mt. Pleasant

Linda Borg Journal Staff Writer @lborgprojocom

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island College will host a celebration of the first anniversary of its partnership with the Central Falls School District – The Innovation Lab – on Saturday, May 3, from 9 to 11 a.m., in Alger Hall Room 110, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.

The event brings together the Central Falls and RIC students, faculty, parents and community partners who have created a wide range of learning-based projects.

Launched in 2013, the Central Falls/RIC Innovation Lab is a collaboration designed as a catalyst to create a shared community where new models of learning, teaching and services are developed, piloted and researched.

Through the Innovation Lab, RIC students are at Central Falls for experiential learning. Central Falls students also regularly travel to RIC to participate in college-based experiences. RIC’s participation includes students and faculty from education, social work, community health and wellness and continuing education.

“While Central Falls has opportunities to help our students and families, we are small and limited in what we can do on our own,” said Central Falls School District Superintendent Fran Gallo. “Having a viable partnership with RIC, to provide wraparound programs to guide our students to success from pre-K to college and beyond, broadens our horizons for our entire community.”

RIC President Nancy Carriuolo said, “Through our Innovation Lab partnership, our students and faculty are able to research the effectiveness of programs that enrich the RIC and Central Falls communities.”

RIC Coordinator for the Innovation Lab Julie Horwitz, associate professor of educational studies, said that the first year of this long-term partnership has created new connections between the participants and provided every participant – faculty, student and parents – with new ideas around education system reform.

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